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...possible for every graduate to stir the patriotism of a nation or single-handed to break down barriers of local prejudice and intolerance, but it is possible for every one to walk humbly in the path where trod with giant's step. Edward Everett Hale...
...clock the Senior class, in caps and gowns, were drawn up by their marshals in two lines, one on each side of the path leading from University Hall to Sever Quadrangle. Immediately after this the academic procession formed opposite Harvard and Massachusetts Halls and marched past University Hall and so between the lines of Seniors along the path to the Sever Quadrangle. President Lowell and the University Marshal headed the procession, while Mayor James M. Curley of Boston and Governor Channing H. Cox were among those who marched. Former recipients of honorary degrees from the University, alumni from the class...
...great will be the changes during the next five years, and more so the longer the period of time considered. Changes there will be, however, and among them, if the divisional examinations are going to be anything but a farce and an additional obstacle in the path to a degree, will certainly come greater freedom for the candidate. A step has already been taken in the abolition of the four-course rule for Seniors; but the attitude of many professors does not seem to be in keeping with the spirit that was the motive for that advance...
...that the efficient workers are retained no matter what changes of administration take place. An excellent example of Civil Service at its best exists in England where government positions are highly honorable offices and men are trained to the work which is recognized as a regular path to the peerage. Such a system is apparently perfectly workable there and is subject to none of the political shifts which occur. Granting that unfinished plans often look poorly in print, a return to the spoils system to avoid tale-bearing seems like cutting off the nose to spite the face...
...point of view of a cold-blooded detective but form that of the philosopher and psychologist. "Environment is responsible for 85 to 90 percent of all crime committed in this country," he said. He always made an effort to find out what turned the criminal on the wrong path, and was interested in seeing whether a criminal went straight afterwards...